Archaeobotanical data from the Middle Yayoi culture layers of the 2018 survey sections 2 and 3 of the Maenakanishi site, central Japan

This data set contains absolute counts of carbonised seeds of wild and cultivated plants and rice chaffs as well as floated litres of sediment per sample from the Middle Yayoi culture layers of the 2018 survey sections 2 and 3 of the Maenakanishi site (Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan). The analysed sediment samples represent ten hearths deposits collected during archaeological excavation from eight different house pits that were treated by bucket flotation to extract carbonised plant remains. The derived samples were analysed using a stereo microscope.

本数据集涵盖日本埼玉县熊谷市前中西遗址2018年调查第2、3发掘区弥生时代中期文化层的各采样数据，具体包含野生与栽培植物炭化种子、稻壳的绝对计数，以及每份样品的浮选沉积物体积（升）。本次分析的沉积物样品源自考古发掘中从8处不同房址坑内采集的10处灶址堆积；该类堆积经桶浮选法提取炭化植物遗存后得到待分析样品，后续通过体视显微镜完成了相关检测分析。